Record your answers in bold font at the end of each question. (Incorrect answers in brackets and green)===CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THIS TASK HAS HELPED THE CLASS ACHIEVE ITS GOAL OF AT LEAST 40 CORRECT ANSWERS. YOUR REWARD IS POSTED ON THE 'REWARDS PAGE'!!!===
Question 1. Who is the lead singer of Yothu Yindi? Mandawuy Yunupingu
Question 2. Who was the aboriginal cricketer who bowled Sir Donald Bradman for a duck? Eddie Gilbert
Question 3. Who is the Aboriginal Actor who stared as Detective Michael Riley in “Water Rats”? Aaron Pedersen
Question 4. Which tribe lived in the Melbourne area? Wurundjeri
Question 5. Which Aboriginal Actress (Secret Life of Us) has won the TV Week Logie Award as “Most Outstanding Actress”? Deborah Mailman
Question 6. What was ATSIC? Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission
Question 7. Which Aboriginal AFL Footballer kicked the first ever goal at Melbourne’s Telstra Dome? Buddy Franklin
Question 8. What was the date when hundreds of thousands of Australians walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in support of Reconciliation? on Sunday 28 May 1997
Question 9. Who was the first Aboriginal Woman to play Cricket for Australia? Faith Thomas
Question 10. Which NSW Aboriginal country singer has recorded albums called Big River, True Believer and Beyond the Dancing? Gregg Borschmann
Question 11. In what year did the first Aboriginal cricket team tour England? 17 August, 1868
Question 12. What day is the Survival Day concert held each year in Sydney? on 26 January
Question 13. Who was the first Aboriginal footballer to play in the VFL/AFL? Joe Johnson
Question 14. The Yorta Yorta people are from which state of Australia? north-central Victoria
Question 15. What position does Aden Ridgeway have with the Democrats political party? Senator
Question 16. Which Aboriginal inventor is referred to as “Australia’s Leonardo da Vinci" and his picture is on an Australian note? David Unaipon
Question 17. Who was the first Aboriginal to be elected to the Parliament of Australia? Neville Bonner
Question 18. Who was the WA Aboriginal warrior nicknamed “Pigeon”? Jandamara
Question 19. Who designed the Aboriginal Flag? Harold Thomas
Question 20. Aboriginal leader Vincent Lingiari belong to which NT Aboriginal tribe? Gurindji
Question 21. Eddie “koiki” Mabo was from which island in the Torres Strait? MurrayIslands
Question 22. Who starred in the lead role in the 1971 film Walkabout? David Gulpilil
Question 23. What year was the Aboriginal Tent Embassy established on the lawns of Old Parliament House in Canberra? 1965
Question 24. Evonne Goolagong-Cawley won Wimbledon twice, can you name the years? 1971,1980
Question 25. Who led the “Freedom Rides” in 1965 through western NSW protesting against discrimination against Aboriginal people? Charles Perkins
Question 26. Cathy Freeman won a gold medal at which Commonwealth Games? 1990
Question 27. What name is Aboriginal poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal is better known as? Kath Walker
Question 28. In what sport did the Ella brothers represent Australia at an International level? Rugby
Question 29. Aboriginal boxer Lionel Rose was named Australian of the Year in what year? in 1968
Question 30. Which two famous Aboriginal actors have appeared in the Crocodile Dundee films? Ernie Dingo and David Gulpilil
Question 31. Who was the first Aboriginal to be commissioned as an officer in the Australian Army? (Reginald Saunders)
Question 32. Name the Aboriginal writer who wrote the Award winning novel “Day of the Dog’? Archie Weller
Question 33. What was the name of the plane flown by Aboriginal RAAF fighter pilot Len Waters during the second World War? Black Magic
Question 34. Which Aboriginal Cricketer died during the 1868 Tour of England? King Cole
Question 35. What is the name of the Paul Kelly song which tells the story of the Wave Hill strike? From Little Things Big Things Grow Relevant Verse
Question 36. What is the Aboriginal name of a carrying dish carved from the roots, trunks and branches of various trees? Nuu-chah-nulth, mawulyari, coolamond
Question 37. What is the name of the Aboriginal Dance Theatre who performed at the Closing ceremony of the Olympics in Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000? The Bangarra
Question 38. What is the aboriginal name for a dingo? Warrigal
Question 39. Bennelong belonged to which Aboriginal tribe around Sydney? Eoro People
Question 40. Who was the Aboriginal who circumnavigated Australia with Matthew Flinders in the Investigator from 1801-02? Bungaree
Question 41. What was the name of the aboriginal freedom fighter who was killed in 1802 and his head was sent back to England? Pemulwuy
Question 42. Where did the girls in Rabbit Proof Fence come from? Jigalong
Question 43. Anthony Mundine participated at an elite level in which two sports? Boxing and rugby league competition.
Question 44. What was the name of the settlement in the film Rabbit Proof Fence where Molly, Gracie and Daisy were taken after their abduction? the Moore River NativeSettlementin Perth
Question 45. Name the aboriginal footballers who have been inducted into the AFL Hall of Fame? Peter Matera,
Question 46. What is the aboriginal name given to the Grampians? Gariwerd.
Question 47. What was the name of the tribe which used to inhabit Eastern Victoria until their extermination? The Kurnai
Question 48. Where did the 1920 massacre of 32 aboriginals occur after the death of one white person? Coniston in the Northern Territory
Question 49. Earth’s Creation by Utopia’s Emily Kame Kngwarrye sold for what record price in 2007? MILLION DOLLAR.
Question 50. What was the name of the famous aboriginal who was born at Cumeroogunja and became the 28th Governor of South Australia? doug nicholls
(Incorrect answers in brackets and green)===CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THIS TASK HAS HELPED THE CLASS ACHIEVE ITS GOAL OF AT LEAST 40 CORRECT ANSWERS. YOUR REWARD IS POSTED ON THE 'REWARDS PAGE'!!!===
Deborah Mailman
Buddy Franklin
on Sunday 28 May 1997
Gregg Borschmann
17 August, 1868
on 26 January
north-central Victoria
Senator
David Unaipon
Jandamara
Gurindji
Murray Islands
1965
1971,1980
Charles Perkins
Kath Walker
Rugby
in 1968
Ernie Dingo and David Gulpilil
(Reginald Saunders)
Archie Weller
Black Magic
King Cole
From Little Things Big Things Grow Relevant Verse
Nuu-chah-nulth, mawulyari, coolamond
The Bangarra
Eoro People
Bungaree
Pemulwuy
Jigalong
the Moore River Native Settlement in Perth
Peter Matera,
Gariwerd.
The Kurnai
Coniston in the Northern Territory
MILLION DOLLAR.
doug nicholls